Spaling out and more notes

SAN JOSE, Calif. The Predators will be without Nick Spaling for Saturday’s game against San Jose. The penalty killing ace went down with an upper body injury in the first period of the win over Los Angeles and didn’t practice Friday. Coach Barry Trotz didn’t sound concerned about Spaling’s issue and said he didn’t believe it to be serious.

In terms of other injury news, Cal O’Reilly underwent surgery for his broken fibula. Trotz estimated that O’Reilly would miss the next two months.

And lastly, the Predators sent forward Linus Klasen back to Milwaukee. He didn’t have a point in his three-game call-up. Strangely, he still leads the Admirals in scoring. He has been with the Predators since Dec. 26.